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Lee S, Tham W, Danielsson-Tham ML, Lopez-Valladares G, Chen Y, Brown P, Kathariou S. Draft Genome Sequences of Heavy Metal-Resistant Listeria monocytogenes Strains of Sequence Type 14 (Clonal Complex 14) from Human Listeriosis Cases in Sweden. Microbiol Resour Announc 2023; 12:e0040623. [PMID: 37428076 PMCID: PMC10443381 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00406-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes of clonal complex 14 (CC14) is a potentially hypervirulent clone of serotype 1/2a but remains poorly characterized. We report the genome sequences of five sequence type 14 (ST14) (CC14) strains from human listeriosis cases in Sweden, which harbor a chromosomal heavy metal resistance island that is generally uncommon in serotype 1/2a.
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- Sangmi Lee
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
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- School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts, and Meal Science, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Division of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Deciphering the virulence potential of Listeria monocytogenes in the Norwegian meat and salmon processing industry by combining whole genome sequencing and in vitro data. Int J Food Microbiol 2022; 383:109962. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.109962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Cardenas-Alvarez MX, Restrepo-Montoya D, Bergholz TM. Genome-Wide Association Study of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Causing Three Different Clinical Outcomes. Microorganisms 2022; 10:1934. [PMID: 36296210 PMCID: PMC9610272 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10101934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Heterogeneity in virulence potential of L. monocytogenes subgroups have been associated with genetic elements that could provide advantages in certain environments to invade, multiply, and survive within a host. The presence of gene mutations has been found to be related to attenuated phenotypes, while the presence of groups of genes, such as pathogenicity islands (PI), has been associated with hypervirulent or stress-resistant clones. We evaluated 232 whole genome sequences from invasive listeriosis cases in human and ruminants from the US and Europe to identify genomic elements associated with strains causing three clinical outcomes: central nervous system (CNS) infections, maternal-neonatal (MN) infections, and systemic infections (SI). Phylogenetic relationships and virulence-associated genes were evaluated, and a gene-based and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genome-wide association study (GWAS) were conducted in order to identify loci associated with the different clinical outcomes. The orthologous results indicated that genes of phage phiX174, transfer RNAs, and type I restriction-modification (RM) system genes along with SNPs in loci involved in environmental adaptation such as rpoB and a phosphotransferase system (PTS) were associated with one or more clinical outcomes. Detection of phenotype-specific candidate loci represents an approach that could narrow the group of genetic elements to be evaluated in future studies.
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Pyz-Łukasik R, Paszkiewicz W, Kiełbus M, Ziomek M, Gondek M, Domaradzki P, Michalak K, Pietras-Ożga D. Genetic Diversity and Potential Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates Originating from Polish Artisanal Cheeses. Foods 2022; 11:foods11182805. [PMID: 36140933 PMCID: PMC9497517 DOI: 10.3390/foods11182805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Artisanal cheeses can be sources of Listeria monocytogenes and cause disease in humans. This bacterial pathogen is a species of diverse genotypic and phenotypic characteristics. The aim of the study was to characterize 32 isolates of L. monocytogenes isolated in 2014-2018 from artisanal cheeses. The isolates were characterized using whole genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis. The artisanal cheese isolates resolved to four molecular groups: 46.9% of them to IIa (1/2a-3a), 31.2% to IVb (4ab-4b-4d-4e), 12.5% to IIc (1/2c-3c), and 9.4% to IIb (1/2b-3b-7). Two evolutionary lineages emerged: lineage II having 59.4% of the isolates and lineage I having 40.6%. The sequence types (ST) totaled 18: ST6 (15.6% of the isolates), ST2, ST20, ST26, and ST199 (each 9.4%), ST7 and ST9 (each 6.3%), and ST1, ST3, ST8, ST16, ST87, ST91, ST121, ST122, ST195, ST217, and ST580 (each 3.1%). There were 15 detected clonal complexes (CC): CC6 (15.6% of isolates), CC9 (12.5%), CC2, CC20, CC26, and CC199 (each 9.4%), CC7 and CC8 (each 6.3%), and CC1, CC3, CC14, CC87, CC121, CC195, and CC217 (each 3.1%). The isolates were varied in their virulence genes and the differences concerned: inl, actA, LIPI-3, ami, gtcA, aut, vip, and lntA.
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- Renata Pyz-Łukasik
- Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Hematooncology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1, 20-093 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 12, 20-033 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Quality Assessment and Processing of Animal Products, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 13, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Głęboka 30, 20-612 Lublin, Poland
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Centorotola G, Guidi F, D’Aurizio G, Salini R, Di Domenico M, Ottaviani D, Petruzzelli A, Fisichella S, Duranti A, Tonucci F, Acciari VA, Torresi M, Pomilio F, Blasi G. Intensive Environmental Surveillance Plan for Listeria monocytogenes in Food Producing Plants and Retail Stores of Central Italy: Prevalence and Genetic Diversity. Foods 2021; 10:foods10081944. [PMID: 34441721 PMCID: PMC8392342 DOI: 10.3390/foods10081944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) can persist in food processing environments (FPEs), surviving environmental stresses and disinfectants. We described an intensive environmental monitoring plan performed in Central Italy and involving food producing plants (FPPs) and retail grocery stores (RSs). The aim of the study was to provide a snapshot of the Lm circulation in different FPEs during a severe listeriosis outbreak, using whole genome sequencing (WGS) to investigate the genetic diversity of the Lm isolated, evaluating their virulence and stress resistance profiles. A total of 1217 samples were collected in 86 FPEs with 12.0% of positive surfaces at FPPs level and 7.5% at RSs level; 133 Lm isolates were typed by multilocus sequencing typing (MLST) and core genome MLST (cgMLST). Clonal complex (CC) 121 (25.6%), CC9 (22.6%), CC1 (11.3%), CC3 (10.5%), CC191 (4.5%), CC7 (4.5%) and CC31 (3.8%) were the most frequent MLST clones. Among the 26 cgMLST clusters obtained, 5 of them persisted after sanitization and were re-isolated during the follow-up sampling. All the CC121 harboured the Tn6188_qac gene for tolerance to benzalkonium chloride and the stress survival islet SSI-2. The CC3, CC7, CC9, CC31 and CC191 carried the SSI-1. All the CC9 and CC121 strains presented a premature stop codon in the inlA gene. In addition to the Lm Pathogenicity Island 1 (LIPI-1), CC1, CC3 and CC191 harboured the LIPI-3. The application of intensive environmental sampling plans for the detection and WGS analysis of Lm isolates could improve surveillance and early detection of outbreaks.
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- Gabriella Centorotola
- Laboratorio Nazionale di Riferimento Per Listeria monocytogenes, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy; (G.C.); (V.A.A.); (M.T.); (F.P.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +39-075-3431
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- ARS P.F. Prevenzione Veterinaria e Sicurezza Alimentare, Regione Marche, via Don Gioia, 8, 60122 Ancona, Italy;
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- Centro Operativo Veterinario Per l’Epidemiologia, Programmazione, Informazione e Analisi del Rischio (COVEPI), National Reference Center for Veterinary Epidemiology, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy;
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- Centro di Referenza Nazionale Per Sequenze Genomiche di Microrganismi Patogeni, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy;
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
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- Laboratorio Nazionale di Riferimento Per Listeria monocytogenes, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy; (G.C.); (V.A.A.); (M.T.); (F.P.)
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- Laboratorio Nazionale di Riferimento Per Listeria monocytogenes, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy; (G.C.); (V.A.A.); (M.T.); (F.P.)
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- Laboratorio Nazionale di Riferimento Per Listeria monocytogenes, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale, via Campo Boario, 64100 Teramo, Italy; (G.C.); (V.A.A.); (M.T.); (F.P.)
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, via Gaetano Salvemini, 1, 06126 Perugia, Italy; (D.O.); (A.P.); (S.F.); (A.D.); (F.T.); (G.B.)
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Lu B, Yang J, Gao C, Li D, Cui Y, Huang L, Chen X, Wang D, Wang A, Liu Y, Li Y, Zhang Z, Jiao M, Xu H, Song Y, Fu B, Xu L, Yang Q, Ning Y, Wang L, Bao C, Luo G, Wu H, Yang T, Li C, Tang M, Wang J, Guo W, Zeng J, Zhong W. Listeriosis Cases and Genetic Diversity of Their L. monocytogenes Isolates in China, 2008-2019. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:608352. [PMID: 33680989 PMCID: PMC7933659 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.608352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Listeriosis, caused by Listeria monocytogenes, is a severe food-borne infection. The nationwide surveillance in China concerning listeriosis is urgently needed. In the present study, 144 L. monocytogenes isolates were collected from the samples of blood, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and fetal membrane/placenta in China for 12 years from 2008 to 2019. We summarized these listeriosis patients’ demographical and clinical features and outcomes. The susceptibility profile for 12 antibiotics was also determined by the broth microdilution method. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and serogroups of these listeria isolates were analyzed to designate epidemiological types. We enrolled 144 cases from 29 healthcare centers, including 96 maternal-neonatal infections, 33 cases of bacteremia, 13 cases of neurolisteriosis, and two cutaneous listeriosis. There were 31 (59.6%) fetal loss in 52 pregnant women and four (9.8%) neonatal death in 41 newborns. Among the 48 nonmaternal-neonatal cases, 12.5% (6/48) died, 41.7% (20/48) were female, and 64.6% (31/48) occurred in those with significant comorbidities. By MLST, the strains were distinguished into 23 individual sequence types (STs). The most prevalent ST was ST87 (49 isolates, 34.0%), followed by ST1 (18, 12.5%), ST8 (10, 6.9%), ST619 (9, 6.3%), ST7 (7, 4.9%) and ST3 (7, 4.9%). Furthermore, all L. monocytogenes isolates were uniformly susceptible to penicillin, ampicillin, and meropenem. In summary, our study highlights a high genotypic diversity of L. monocytogenes strains causing clinical listeriosis in China. Furthermore, a high prevalence of ST87 and ST1 in the listeriosis should be noted.
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- Binghuai Lu
- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.,Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center of Respiratory Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Children's Infection and Immunity, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tangshan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Tangshan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Civil Aviation General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Civil Aviation General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning, China
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- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tai'an City Central Hospital, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Tongzhou District Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Daqing Oilfield General Hospital, Daqing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Daqing Oilfield General Hospital, Daqing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chui Yang Liu Hospital Affiliated to Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Medical Center, The Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Liuzhou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hainan General Hospital, Haikou, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harrbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Liuyang City Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Liuyang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Xiangtan Central Hospital, Xiangtan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Weifang People's Hospital, Weifang, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Wuhan Pu Ai Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ningde Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Ningde, China
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